Going by the past records of encounters at the Wankhede, it was 5 out of 7 times that the team batting first had topped. Being well versed with the conditions at their home ground, Rohit Sharma & Co., did exactly what was expected and opted to bat first.

In the initial four overs, the run flow was kept well under control by some disciplined bowling of the Super Kings, who gave away just 22 runs. It was then, that openers resolved to go after the bowling and tighten the screws. The 5th and the 6th over went for 13 runs each and the trend continued as Mumbai were 62 runs in 8 overs.

It was in the 11th over, that the Super Kings managed to find their much needed breakthrough, in the form of of Parthiv Patel, when Bravo the highest wicket taker in this edition so far was brought on. Patel was looking quite decent but had to depart for 33 off 25 balls and Mumbai were 90-1. It was not late before Simmons too had to take the long walk back in the 14th over after playing a scintillating innings of 65 runs off 51 balls and setting up a platform for his team.

Rohit seemed to charge against the bowlers but Bravo struck again in the 16th over and two balls later Nehra claimed the emerging hero Pandya. Super Kings managed to pull it off beautifully conceding only 6 runs in two overs and picking up a couple of scalps.

Not being amongst the ones who give up Mumbai Indians gave it a final and strong push, with Pollard essaying lusty blows into the crowd scoring 41 off mere 17 balls. 46 runs came off the last three overs as Mumbai were successful in putting up a challenging total of 187 runs at the close of 20 overs. DJ Bravo was yet again the pick of the bowlers, grabbing 3 wickets in his quota of4 overs and that too at the key moments.

Chasing down a competitive total of 188, the Super Kings needed to start cautiously and steadily. However it was a drastically opposite start as they lost their key player Dwayne Smith in the very first over, who was given out lbw to Malinga on a ball that was missing leg stump. Faf du Plessis and Hussey, tried pulling their team back into the game after the early blow of Smith.

They made a great recovery and scored 23 runs in the 4th and and the 5th over taking CSK to 46-1 at the end of 5 overs. As soon as things were seeming a bit settled for the Super Kings, Vinay Kumar peaked at the right time for Mumbai and removed Hussey.

Suresh Raina and Faf du Plessis seemed to be in supreme touch and with their wonderful stroke making Chennai were very much into the game with the asking rate under control. In the 11th over, the Chennai camp received a yet another massive blow when Raina was caught and bowled by Harbhajan Singh and he had to walk back after scoring 25 runs in 20 balls.

That was not it from Harbhajan, as he sent back skipper MS Dhoni for a golden duck the very next ball by foxing him with a flighted delivery as he fell leg before wicket to him and the Super Kings were 4-86 at the close of 10 overs.

Faf du Plessis seemed to be the lone man who would take the Men in Yellow through, but young gun Suchith made sure Faf did not become the cause of their loss, and he sent him back to the hut in the 14th over of the innings.

The very next over brought a disastrous run out of Bravo who was jogging up to his end when the ball was thrown at the other end, but in the meanwhile Parthiv Patel showed his intelligence throwing a direct hit after collecting the ball, as Bravo was run out for 20 and Super Kings were in massive trouble. Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin tried hitting the ball to cross the fence but their stay too was short lived and Mumbai inserted the last nails in the coffin to wrap up their opponents for 162 and triumphing by 25 runs.

Kieron Pollard bagged the Man of the Match award for his belligerent 41 off 17 deliveries as Mumbai Indians sealed a seat in the finals to be played at Kolkata. More: Indian Premier League